dddoo7's RRT

Yesterday’s target. 40x.
I have been working on adding a bench for the promethius when it comes so I haven’t had a place for my powder dispenser the last week or so. I am almost done with the new bench and will be back to shooting centerfire some again.

40x at 50. Wind is crazy tonight. We don’t usually see wind like this so i was excited to play with it. First group was shot holding dead center. Next three groups I held anywhere from .1 to .5 mils depending on wind.

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Sounds like my shooting partner, if you sawed his head open and looked inside it would be full of a bunch of little bitty pistols. He has a few rifles but likes his hand cannons. He's got a sweet Sig compact 1911 and a Ruger target pistol I have shot along with his "Glock Killer". Maybe with some practice I will have the Glock Killer.....Killer (XDM). Two birds with one stone, ehh?

Shot my 308 yesterday with the friend of mine that was visiting. We also shot his 308 which is my old Rem 700 spa-v in an aics chassis. His was shooting about 1” at 100. Then he shot mine and was surprised. His sightmark scope leaves a lot to be desired.

My group. I dropped the first shot.

His group. Poi is off, but for no training at all and no experience it is not bad.

I have had family in town and we have been shooting quite a bit. I got to shoot an old 1937 S&W 45 acp revolver. Fairly accurate for what it is. Also shot the 40x with my nieces. It is their favorite gun. They only get to shoot when they are around me...but the really like it.

I finally decided it was time to put the magneto speed on this load to see where it is. Beans are out and I’m getting geared up to shoot farther than 100y again. Speed was 2385. A little slow...but it is an accurate load.

I have been considering revisiting load development anyway. I did this load development 700 rounds ago and I have gotten a little better shooting since then. Load development is useless if this based on bad data from bad shots.

40x at 50. I fumbled the first row and then got it together. Good news is the cold bore should not be an issue much longer. Big brother decided today that I am responsible enough to take home the 22 takedown that I bought and filed paperwork on 324 days ago. Keep in mind that this suppressor reached my dealer at the same time as my 40x.

It is clear here. Very nice night with almost no wind. I could see the paper, but could not distinguish dots without artificial light. I have a little surefire rechargeable that I use when I shoot at night. It works great, but sometimes I get caught with it not charged.

Ok. This is really stupid, but I think i figured out the problem with the poi shift when shooting from the table. It dawned on me earlier today that the table is 58y from
The target and where I shoot prone is 50y from the target. That extra 8y apparently causes .3 mil of extra drop.

Alright...I started working on figuring out this cold bore. Last night I left the rifle sitting on the table. I had a theory that standing it up in the safe was dropping all the residue to the chamber and causing cold bore shift. That however is not the case as this is the first target shot this morning.

So next I fully cleaned the suppressor. It has very few rounds through it and I didn't think this was it...but I don't want to leave anything to chance. However...this is the group after cleaning the suppressor. It still has an almost identical cold bore shot.

So then I thoroughly cleaned the barrel. Obviously the barrel needs a little seasoning before I can tell anything, so I shot three 5 shot groups. Cleaning the barrel caused a POI shift up 0.4 mils. That is much more than I would have thought. I have probably 1000 rounds on the barrel since last cleaning.

First 5 shot group. first shot is in the dot. Second shot is the middle one. next three in the same hole.

Next two five shot groups with a .4 mil adjustment to the scope between them

Next step is to let the rifle sit for a few hours and then shoot it again. Hopefully the cold bore poi shift will be eliminated.

Yes. I was getting mirage after the first group due to suppressor heat. I was outside shooting tonight. I get almost unmanageable mirrage when shooting out the window when it is this cold. Although our cold is nothing like your cold. It is 26 tonight.